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Yeah rooting was a thing in mid 2010s, it changed since then. you don't need to root to flash a room. unlocking bootloader is enough.
samsung went out of their way to fuck over custom rom community.
oneplus did something similar around oneplus 9. i think they were relockable for a bit then oneplus pushed out firmware update to block it or some such thing.
this is how we ended up with pixels as only viable "mass market" choice. I am sure google would shut it down if it was not used as reference model for devs.
watch them close this route for us soon enough.
They are getting annoyed with us but they got ad blocker fight on their hands and anti trust ruling so they got to play coy for now.
For the reasons you mention, I really REALLY hope pinephone goes far and we have something else viable on the long run